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Home Hardening
Home hardening is about protecting your home from wildfires by using fire-resistant materials and smart designs. This includes things like ember-resistant vents, fireproof roofs, and clearing flammable items near your home to make it stronger against heat and flying embers.
Wildfire Prepared : https://wildfireprepared.org/
Ignition Resistant Homes : https://wildfirerisk.org/reduce-risk/ignition-resistant-homes/
Low Cost Home Hardening: https://shastafiresafe.org/resources/home-defense/low-cost-home-hardening/
California WUI Products:
WUI-approved products are building materials designed to resist fire in wildfire-prone areas, like ember-resistant vents or fire-rated roofs, keeping homes safer. The product list is available to download, or can be searched at the link below.
Search WUI Products by Type: https://calfire.govmotus.org/BMLSearch/Index
Defensible Space
Defensible space is a buffer you create around your home by clearing flammable plants and materials, helping slow wildfires and protect firefighters working nearby.
CalFire Defensible Space: www.fire.ca.gov/dspace/
How To Create Defensible Space: https://readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/defensible-space/
Living With Wildfire Defensible Space Guide: https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=5522
The Wildfire Prepared Home Standards: https://wildfireprepared.org/
Fire Causes and Risks
Wildfire hazards are about the physical factors like dry fuels, weather, or terrain that could spark a fire.
Risk considers how likely that fire is to impact people, homes, or infrastructure. Hazard is the “potential,” while risk is the “threat to us.”
The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is where homes and communities join wild areas like forests or grasslands, creating a zone where wildfire risks are higher.
Wildland Urban Interface Maps: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/wui/outreach/
Wildfire Education: www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire
Understanding Risk: https://wildfirerisk.org/understand-risk/
Smokey The Bear: smokeybear.com/en/about-wildland-fire
Recovery
Returning Home After a Fire : Dealing with ash
California Resources : wildfirerecovery.caloes.ca.gov/
Recovery and Rebuilding : https://wildfirerisk.org/reduce-risk/recovery/
Post-Fire Recovery : https://www.nifc.gov/programs/post-fire-recovery